Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SMITH ACADEMY 21 BARBARA TOBACCO . . . Leaves to Jen- nie Maiewski all her memories and good times at Redman ' s, the square dances, the parties, in hope that they will faith- fully be carried out by her beneficiary. VICKY ZAWACKI . . . Leaves to her sis- ter Lucy all her unfinished school work, so that Vicky can go dancing at Redman ' s or White Eagle ' s and have a swell time. For homework never stopped Vicky from going to the dances. NELLIE KORZA . . . Leaves to Irene Kraulis one of her many desires — to be able to travel to New Hampshire very, very often. We know Irene will enjoy these many trips as much as Nellie has. ROBERT PELC . . . Our version of a glamour boy, leaves to his brother, Carl, all his secrets of getting around with the girls and not having anyone know about it. EVELYN SZEWCZYK . . . Leaves her laughing spells, brilliant ideas and her winning personality to Jeanette Niewin- ski who, we know, will carry on the same as Evelyn did. SHIRLEY BETSOLD . . . Leaves to Dicky Labbee a wheelbarrow, so that he may carry his books to and from school with- out trouble. Although Shirley never did too much work all the books she carried home gave a good impression. PAULINE WIDELO . . . The glamour girl of our class, leaves to Helen Micha- lowski all her charm and personality so that Helen can attract all the boys at the square dances as Pauline did in the past. JOAN BANGS . . . Leaves to Joanne Howard her memories of the fun and good times while at the square dances — especially memories of the few friends from Burgy. JENNIE CACKOWSKI . . . Leaves to Lucy Szych a 1946 Ford coupe, so that she and her companion can make many en- joyable trips to Hadley and back instead of having to travel by bus. BERNIE KACINSKI ... The Casanova of our class, leaves to Sonny Proulx his ability to slide through the door just as the melodious echo of the gong is vibrat- ing through the corridors. WILLIAM MULLINS . . . The dream boy of our class, leaves to Dannie Fusek his Geormetry book of problems. Bill hopes Dannie will not be in a daze while in Geormetry class and will find Geometry not so confusing as he did. FOR MR. LARKIN . . . Our worthy prin- cipal, we have hired a secretary to do the office work. We hope this secretary will be even more efficient than the senior girls of the advanced typing class who have been here, trying to keep your office work up to date. TO MRS. PRUZYNSKI ... We leave a new electric Victrola which changes the records by itself so that Mrs. Pruzynski can sit comfortably in a soft easy chair and give the assignments to her students instead of having to jump up to change the record each time. TO MR. SYMANCZYK ... We leave a donkey and a go-cart so that the athletic supplies may be carried down to the athletic field without any over-exerting on the boys ' part. TO MISS CONNELLY ... Our Home Eco- nomics teacher, we leave a large supply of equipment which includes: Needles, pins and cloth, so that Miss Connelly will not have to keep racing up to the Greenfield mill all the time for supplies, and we hope she will thus save wear and tear on her car. We also express to Miss Connelly, who is leaving Smith Academy, our sincere thanks for all the good work she did for S. A. while she was here. And our best wishes for a successful future. TO MISS RYAN . . . Our home-room teacher during the past year, we leave many memories of that terrible noisy Senior Class. We also leave our appre- ciation for enduring that noise, and the warning that if she thought we were bad, the new Senior Class has something in store for you.

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20 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO and a dark-haired girl in a flowing white gown is seen through the crystal ball. She is dancing with the now famous Gene Kel- ley of Hollywood, and who is it but — Miss Victoria Zawacki! The girl in the class of ' 46 who never missed a dance, Polish, square or otherwise. Vicky certainly has been rewarded for her dancing skill. She now owns her own school of dancing, spe- cializing in Polkas — where she guarantees to teach you to dance in six years, with lessons twelve hours a day, six days a week — or your money refunded. Anyone in- terested in taking lessons from Miss Za- wacki, please ask the crystal ball for her address. She is constantly on tour with Mr. Kelley, so it will be almost impossible to reach her unless you are lucky — and who isn ' t, when there ' s a crystal ball involved? Total darkness! The ball ceases to be clear, but then we see a row of hospital beds in a military hospital in Washington, D. C. The head nurse, a pretty dark-haired woman, approaches a bed where a hand- some Army Air Corps pilot sits up in bed. We see his face brighten, we see a light in the woman ' s eyes. This man must be Marie ' s fiancee, the man she met way back in ' 46 while on the Senior Class trip to Washington. It appears in our globe that his name is Hutch, and he has been suf- fering from a very serious heart ailment which Marie has finally cared. After many of his proposals, Marie has consented to be his lawful wedded wife. She has revealed to us that she would like four little Hutches. They will reside at 910 Glen Echo Parkway, Rumford, Maine. Mr. Hutchinson will be an instructor at his private airport and Marie will give up her nursing career to become a good wife and mother. In the crystal ball we see Knockum, Blockum and Sockum Stadium in Whodunit, Virginia. The star pitcher is none other than Speed Pelc, known all over the U. S. as the outstanding pitcher who has pitched no-hit games. While back in Smith Acad- emy Bob gained a lot of experience pitch- ing for the S. A. team. Mr. Pelc is the ideal bachelor of the Class of ' 46. Anyone wish- ing his address please notify the prophets. Yours, truly, yours truly and yours truly. SHIRLEY BETSOLD, CAROLYN KOSIOR, SHIRLEY LABBEE. Class Will We, being dignified members of the Senior Class, and of duly sound mind and body, in order that we may not be forgot- ten, do hereby give our last will and testa- ment as follows: JOE BLYDA . . . Leaves to Myron Sikor- ski an alarm clock so that Myron may get to school on time, a thing which Joe was seldom able to do. VELMA OMASTA . . . Our basketball star, leaves to her sister, Ethel, her uncanny technique in basketball and the honor of being Captain of the girls ' basketball team. SHIRLEY EBERLEIN . . . Leaves to Janet Matusewicz her wonderful memories of all the square dances, in the hope that Janet will attend them as faithfully as Shirley has. SHIRLEY LABBEE . . . Leaves to Helen Szewczyk her many thoughts of South Deerfield and that certain athlete, so that Helen may enjoy her studies much more, as we are quite sure Shirley did. LAURENCE STODDARD . . . The hard- working boy of our class, leaves all his unfinished tasks and duties to James Mc- Grath to complete. MARIE KORZA . . . Leaves to Peggy Va- chula all the embarrassments — thrills, too, of being called out of class to answer those long distance telephone calls from across the Connecticut River. CAROLYN KOSIOR . . . Leaves to Stacia Kostek her many boy friends in New London, in the hope that Stacia may carry on as well as Carolyn did.

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22 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO TO MR. BART ... We leave a supply of paper so that he may have enough to give to his Junior-Senior Aggie class, which he keeps very busy writing, writ- ing, and more writing. TO MRS. MULLER ... We leave a record- ing of her own voice saying, People, will will you please settle down now! to be used in her study periods. We are sure that this will save Mrs. Muller ' s time and energy. TO THE FRESHMEN ... We give nothing but advice: Don ' t study too hard or you ' ll have to use stove polish to cover those white streaks of hair. As you know, the brains are delicate; you may over-strain them and before you know it you will have a mental disorder. TO THE SOPHOMORES ... We leave this advice: Never hurry! Take it easy in S. A. as we did. Remember the old say- ing? Haste makes waste. TO THE JUNIORS ... We bequeath our ability to pull the wool over the teachers ' eyes. May the wool stay there all through your senior year, otherwise you will never make the grade. TO THE FACULTY AS A WHOLE . . . Lastly, but not leastly, we leave our dearly adored faculty our ability to take it on the chin and turn the other cheek, hoping that there is an especially nice heaven for the teachers, which will com- pensate them for all the agonies endured through these past four years. Now that we are graduating from these portals, dear teachers, may we forever bless you for getting rid of us as fast as you could. hundred and forty-six. TO THE BOOKKEEPING CLASS OF ' 47 . . . The Bookkeeping class of ' 46 leaves to the new class a bottle of ink iradicator. If used correctly you will be able to get away with as much as we did. Warning: Don ' t get caught using this magic poi- son for better bookkeeping marks. It ' s dangerous ! In witness whereof, we have hereto sub- scribed our names and affix the seal of Smith Academy, this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine Signed, ROBERT PELC, NELLIE KORZA, VICKY ZAWACKI.